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Cindy McCain Set to Succeed Husband in Senate
Newsmax ^ | Monday, 28 May 2018 11:28 AM | John Gizzi

Posted on 05/28/2018 9:32:13 AM PDT by Zhang Fei

As Arizonans prepare for their final salute to Sen. John McCain, Republicans and political pundits in the state privately tell Newsmax they expect the appointment of his wife, Cindy, to succeed him in the Senate.

Of course, no one in the Grand Canyon State who spoke to us wants to go on record discussing what will happen when the ailing McCain no longer holds his seat. But those who did agree, almost unanimously, that Cindy McCain following John in the Senate through appointment by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey is a near-certainty.

"I've always assumed that was the arrangement," said a friend of the McCain family since John's 1973 return from captivity in Vietnam.

A former Republican senator who served with McCain agreed.

"I don't know if this [succession] has been formalized, but that's what people who know John tell me."

(Both of those who spoke to Newsmax did so under promise of anonymity).

One source close to the McCain family said supporters of the senator have quietly let Gov. Ducey know Cindy is the choice of "Team McCain."

Others mentioned for appointment include Ducey's top aide Kirk Adams, a former speaker of the state House of Representatives, and Karrin Taylor Robson, multi-millionaire businesswoman and member of the State Board of Regents.

Because of the time factor involved in a Senate seat opening in Arizona, speculation has begun to mount about what will happen when the Senate seat Republican McCain has held since 1986 finally is open.

Should the seat become open before June 1, state law requires a special election this fall. Democrats from Phoenix to Washington, D.C., make little secret of their desire of having another Senate seat on the fall ballot in 2018 because they sense it is a good year for the party outside the White House.

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To: All

Maybe someone mentioned this before, but:

I hope that she is at least forced to put the giant liquor distribution empire she controls into a blind trust if she takes the job.
(Since liquor is federally regulated.)


261 posted on 05/28/2018 2:30:54 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Zhang Fei

If there was any question if we were a 3rd world country, this pretty much answers it.


262 posted on 05/28/2018 2:40:00 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (This article needs a fact checked)
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To: haircutter

Are you really so dim-witted d that you didn’t recognize the sarcasm?


263 posted on 05/28/2018 2:44:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: FreedomPoster
#234: "No more Carters"

Thank the good Lord that Amy Carter seems to have fallen off the map. She seems to have been retired from the public eye for the last 20 years. But she gave it a good shot with her Froot Loop years.

I guess they don't make 'em like the classy Julie Nixon anymore.
 

264 posted on 05/28/2018 2:49:19 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
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To: hattend

McLame is already dead. The family is just running out the clock.

Show us a proof of life picture!

Ditto. I want proof the POS is alive, so I can continue to wish he was dead.


265 posted on 05/28/2018 2:50:17 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: Zhang Fei

At least she’s not Meghan.


266 posted on 05/28/2018 2:51:23 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...
Her first bill be to federal funding to cover the cost of prescription drugs for which the covered citizen doesn't actually own the prescription. :") Thanks Zhang Fei.

267 posted on 05/28/2018 2:52:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Lol, ain’t that the truth !!!!!!


268 posted on 05/28/2018 2:55:02 PM PDT by saturn
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To: Zhang Fei
So...America is a monarchy now.

Patrick Henry and a host of patriots spin in their graves.

269 posted on 05/28/2018 2:55:09 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We MAGA)
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To: Pravious

Yep


270 posted on 05/28/2018 2:59:10 PM PDT by hattend
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To: Heart of Georgia

Team McCain is not the same as what the voters want.

Waiting to hear what the AZ governor is going to do....


271 posted on 05/28/2018 3:03:25 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: Zhang Fei

I posted a spoof on FR of McCain where he says “I must go down to DC again, to the taxpayer-funded life, with Air Force Two and the whole crew, and a Senate seat for my wife.” Can’t find it now. He was thinking of running for vice president, maybe in 2004?

Line up here for your personal prophecy.


272 posted on 05/28/2018 3:06:58 PM PDT by firebrand
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To: Zhang Fei

What if John Mcmoron is not really sick as some think. He is showing no signs, was out and about shortly after his operation.

What if to avoid indictment and prison it is all an act?


273 posted on 05/28/2018 3:17:49 PM PDT by stockpirate (TYRANNY IS THY NAME REBELLION IS OUR ANSWER. HANG THEM ALL!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Carter’s grandson Jason ran for GA governor in 2014. We aren’t out of the woods yet, we’ll see him again, I fear.


274 posted on 05/28/2018 3:25:34 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: M Kehoe

Well... yes. But that is true of about 90% of the current sitting senators as well.


275 posted on 05/28/2018 3:31:47 PM PDT by reed13k
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To: miss marmelstein

what a joke and what makes her qualifed


276 posted on 05/28/2018 4:36:36 PM PDT by angelcindy ("If you follow the crowd...you get no further ,than the crowd")
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To: CapnJack
NO FRIGGEN WAY!!!!

No more Dynasties! No more sympathy votes!

No more phony Conservatives!!!

but wait !!! look at what a charmer claire mc rascal has turned out to be ... maybe they could start a club

277 posted on 05/28/2018 4:42:24 PM PDT by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: VanDeKoik

Name recognition is everything it seems.
The devil you know is all I can think of.
Myself, I think children and spouses of congresscritters need to be exempt from being eligible for elective office.
I grew up with the same three families running the county. Everything from janitor to treasurer, Commonwealth attorney, town mayor and county board.
They kept the town/county poor and their little fiefdom until recently.
They’re taking the game national with a vengeance.


278 posted on 05/28/2018 5:12:29 PM PDT by oldvirginian (Come And Take It!.....The Rats of Tobruk to Erwin Rommel, 1941)
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To: hsmomx3
After all, 'Team McCain' is what matters.

"Team McCain is not the same as what the voters want."

I agree...I just always seem to forget the /s tag on my sarcasm.

279 posted on 05/28/2018 5:13:27 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (truth will trump their lies)
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To: Zhang Fei

Drop Gov. Ducey a line at:
https://azgovernor.gov/engage/form/contact-governor-ducey


280 posted on 05/28/2018 5:56:29 PM PDT by Oatka (tHE)
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